Two Canadians kidnapped in Ghana freed: official

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AFP Accra (Ghana)
Last Updated : Jun 12 2019 | 1:40 PM IST

Two young Canadian women kidnapped at a golf club in Ghana last week were freed in an operation by security forces on Wednesday, a government official said.

"National Security Operatives in the early hours of Wednesday 12 June, 2019 completed an operation which successfully rescued the two Canadian women recently abducted" in Kumasi, Ghana's second city, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said in a statement.

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First Published: Jun 12 2019 | 1:40 PM IST

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